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Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects Complied and Selected by Berto Jongman PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 4 Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects Complied and selected by Berto Jongman Note from the Editor: The amount of new publications, reports, policy papers, lectures, presentations, videos and briefings in the field of terrorism and counter-terrorism can be overwhelming for the untrained researcher as well as for young counterterrorism professionals. In the following, a selection of recent open-source online publications, grouped into a dozen categories, has been made by a seasoned former intelligence analyst. An attempt has been made to select items from a variety of sources and positions, presenting different perspectives. Selection not necessarily means endorsement for a certain position or specific lines of argumentation. The following includes also a number of non- terrorism specific items from the broader spectrum of political violence and armed conflicts reports. Most of the items included below became available online in July and August 2018. They are categorised under these headings: 1. Non-Religious Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 2. Religious (mainly Jihadi) Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 3. Terrorist Strategies and Tactics 4. Conflict, Crime and Political Violence other than Terrorism 5. Counter-Terrorism – General 6. Counter-Terrorist Strategies, Tactics and Operations 7. State Repression and Civil War at Home and Clandestine & Open Warfare Abroad 8. Prevention and Preparedness Studies (including Countering Violent Extremism, De-Radicalization, Counter-Narratives) 9. Intelligence 10.Cyber Operations and Information Warfare 11.Risk & Threat Assessments, Forecasts, Analytical Studies 12.Also Worth Reading 1. Non-Religious Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns R. Risquez, V. Dittmar. ELN and EPL conflict intensifies at Colombia-Venezuela border. InSight Crime, August 2, 2018. URL: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/eln-epl-conflict-intensifies-colombia-venezuela- border/ J. Parlin Daniels. Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro survives apparent assassination attempt. The Guardian, August 5, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/nicolas-maduros-speech-cut-short-while- soldiers-scatter ISSN 2334-3745 143 August 2018 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 4 J. Parkin Daniels. Foreign powers, or hoax: who’s behind Venezuela’s ‘drone attack’? The Guardian, August 5, 2017. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/foreign-powers-rebels-or-a-hoax-whos- behind-venezuela-drone-attack?CMP=twt_gu A. Roth. Russian journalists killed in CAR ‘were researching military firm.’ The Guardian, August 1, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/01/russian-journalists-killed-central-african-republic- investigating-military-firm-kremlin-links M. Mirovalev. After a series of attacks, why is the far right ‘granted impunity’? Al Jazeera, July 26, 2018. URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/series-attacks-granted-impunity-180725203926377.html Kurdish opposition party says politics, arms needed in dealing with Tehran. Asharq al-Awsat, July 25, 2018. URL: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1343001/exclusive-kurdish-opposition-party-says-politics- arms-needed-dealing-tehran Far-right German ‘Reichsbürger’ numbers surge: intelligence agency. Reuters, July 24, 2018. URL: https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-radicals/far-right-german-reichsbuerger-numbers-surge- intelligence-agency-idUSKBN1KE2AK?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_ medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed:+Reuters/worldNews+(Reuters R. Fromm. Auf der Spur des rechten Terrors. Die sieben Geheimnisse des NSU. ZDF, July 11, 2018. URL: https:// www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfzoom/zdfzoom-auf-der-spur-des-rechten-terrors-102.html - xtor=CS5-4 Germany’s right-wing terror network – the NSU on trial. DW Documentary, YouTube, July 13, 2018. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58GgAjmltuI N. Hénin. The significance of the AFO case in the French fight against jihadist terrorism. European Eye on Radicalization, July 4, 2018. URL: https://eeradicalization.com/the-significance-of-the-afo-case-in-the-french- fight-against-jihadist-terrorism/ D. Oberhaus. Japan just executed the leaders of LSD-fueled doomsday science cult. Motherboard Vice, July 6, 2018. URL: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy3xex/what-is-aum-shinrikyo-sarin-attack?utm_ source=mbtwitter Origins of hate. Bring the war home. The White Power movement and paramilitary America. – Kathleen Belew. Tppahanshilhorst.com, July 7, 2018. URL: https://tppahanshilhorst.com/2018/07/07/origins-of-hate-bring-the- war-home-the-white-power-movement-and-paramilitary-america-kathleen-belew/ D. Combs. Myanmar’s fighting season in Kachin. The Diplomat, May 8, 2018. URL: https://thediplomat. com/2018/05/myanmars-fighting-season-in-kachin/ A. Mondon, A. Fleming. Extreme right in Australia. Routledge, 2019, 208p. URL: https://www.routledge.com/ Extreme-Right-in-Australia-Immunisation-or-Contamination/Mondon-Fleming/p/book/9780415814348 A. Ramzy. Japan executes cult leader behind 1995 Sarin gas subway attack. The New York Times, July 6, 2018. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/asia/japan-cult-execute-sarin.html C. Rausch, T. Stevenson. Colombia’s problematic peace accord: time to swallow some frogs. War on the Rocks, July 2, 2018. URL: https://warontherocks.com/2018/07/colombias-problematic-peace-accord-time-to- swallow-some-frogs/ Iranian diplomat arrested over suspected plot against opposition meeting. Reuters, July 3, 2018. URL: https:// www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iranian-diplomat-arrested-over-suspected-plot-against-opposition-meeting- 561392?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Couple charged with planning attack on ‘cult’ like Iran group in France. The Guardian, July 2, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/belgian-couple-charged-with-planning-terrorist-attack-in- france ISSN 2334-3745 144 August 2018 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 4 2. Religious (mainly Jihadi) Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 2a. AQ and Affiliates G.D. Porter. The renewed jihadi terror threat to Mauritania. CTC Sentinel, 11(7), August 2018. URL: https://ctc. usma.edu/renewed-jihadi-terror-threat-mauritania/ M. al-Shafei. Tehran sends Hamza bin Laden to Afghanistan. Al Arabiya, August 7, 2018. URL: https://english. alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/08/07/Tehran-Sends-Hamza-Bin-Laden-to-Afghanistan-.html G.D. Johnson. Al-Qaeda and ISIS are on their heels in Yemen, but will return unless we help build a lasting peace. Just Security, August 7, 2018. URL: https://www.justsecurity.org/60099/al-qaeda-isis-heels-yemen- return-lasting-peace/ A look at al-Qaida’s most lethal branch, Yemen’s AQAP. Associated Press, August 6, 2018. URL: https://apnews. com/6ae9def4aa9f43258aa80d5f61b251d0/A-look-at-al-Qaida’s-most-lethal-branch,-Yemen’s-AQAP M. Chulov. Hamza bin Laden has married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker, say family. The Guardian, August 5, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/hamza-bin-laden-marries-daughter-of-911- hijacker-mohammed-atta M. Chulov. My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time. The Guardian, August 3, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/osama-bin-laden-mother-speaks-out-family- interview L. Rouse. High profile terror trial speaks to an emerging threat in Senegal. IRIN News, August 1, 2018. URL: http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2018/08/01/high-profile-terror-trial-speaks-emerging-threat-senegal S. al-Abyad. Yemen Interior Ministry Undersecretary accuses Houthis of coordinating with ISIS, Qaeda. Asharq al-Awsat, July 26, 2018. URL: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1343836/yemen-interior-ministry- undersecretary-accuses-houthis-coordinating-isis-qaeda G. Wood. ‘Nine lives’ review: betraying al-Qaeda. The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2018. URL: https://www.wsj. com/articles/nine-lives-review-betraying-al-qaeda-1533078183 D. Goldman. Exposing al-Shabaab’s leadership structure and precept ideology. Intelligencebriefs.com, July 31, 2018. URL: https://intelligencebriefs.com/exposing-al-shabaabs-leadership-structure-and-precept-ideology/ A. Jawad al-Tamimi. From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham: evolution,, approach and future. Pundicity, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies, June 29, 2018. URL: http://www. aymennjawad.org/21396/from-jabhat-al-nusra-to-hayat-tahrir-al-sham - .W05513owi6Y.twitter C. Weiss. Analysis: jihadist exploitation of communal violence in Mali. FDD’s Long War Journal, July 17, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/analysis-jihadist-exploitation-of-communal- violence-in-mali.php J. Sommerlad. Al-Shabaab: who are the East African jihadi group and what are their goals? The Independent, July 16, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/al-shabaab-who-africa-terror-group- jihadi-group-somalia-islamist-a8449201.html S. Applebaum. Path of Blood: new documentary explores jihadi extremism, radicalization and al-Qaeda’s target, Saudi Arabia. The Independent, July 12, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/ al-qaeda-jihadi-saudi-arabia-bin-laden-path-of-blood-a8441746.html T. Joscelyn. Analysis: the Turkestan Islamic Part’s jihad in Syria. FDD’s Long War Journal, July 10, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/analysis-the-turkistan-islamic-partys-jihad-in-syria.php ISSN 2334-3745 145 August 2018
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